On one hand, I can't pretend to be surprised that this won. On the other hand, this year's Oscar-nominated shorts were full of certified bangers, and this was just... okay. Admittedly, it's kind of cute. But good lord, is this thing hollow, and good lord does it drag. Balancing story and message is difficult enough, but purposefully going toward one side and succeeding is a Herculean task. Case in point, this is full of lovely messages, but with characters who…
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Tater Tot & Patton 2017
Not weighty enough to fully deliver on any of its dramatic blows nor whacky enough to work as a comedy, Tater Tot & Patton is just... okay. It's fine; serviceable, even. But outside of some pretty lovely visuals, it doesn't exactly excel at anything. On its tin, this is a movie about addiction and grief, and yet there aren't any of the comedowns that might entail. There's never a scene where we're forced to share space with a desperate individual in…
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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019
A local theater was showing this a day early, so I said "Why the fuck not?" and went to see it with my father. I was planning on seeing this on my birthday (the 27th, a day after it officially releases in most theaters), but eh, whatever.
This is the only Tarantino film I've seen besides Pulp Fiction (believe me, I've been meaning to get around to seeing his other films for a long ass time now), and I can…
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Django Unchained 2012
Shocked that it's taken me this long to see this! Of the three power fantasy movies that I've seen recently, this was uncharacteristically the best. I can't speak to the subtext or how the subject matter makes or breaks this movie; I read that side of Letterboxd, I do not participate in it. What I can speak of, however, is just how much fun I had with this. Django Unchained was a blast from start to finish. I thought the…
